Abstract: The categories and properties of non-conventional wearable materials such as paper, plastic, bamboo, metal and plant fibers were analyzed and compared. The characteristics and skills of modeling of non-conventional wearable materials were discussed by analyzing examples. The methods of combination, including the combination of same non-conventional wearable material, the combination of various non-conventional wearable materials and the combination of wearable material and non-conventional wearable material, were described. And the characteristics and regularities of these combinations were explained. The key points of production process which these materials were used in producing garments were summarized according to the particularity of various non-conventional wearable materials. The ideology expression and application effect of non-conventional wearable material in garment modeling were analyzed by instances. The paper aims to expand the design and the application of materials, and to develop the potential of fashion designers to create new garment modeling. And this paper may provide a useful guidance and use for reference for garment creative design.

Key words: non-conventional wearable material, garment modeling, creative innovation, application study